BTTB

Studio album by

Released

February 2, 1999 (Japan)
January 2000 (Europe)
February 8, 2000 (US)

Studio

Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Mouri Artworks Studio and Victor Aoyama Studio
(Tokyo)

Genre

Classical

Length

63:04

Label

Sony Classical

Producer

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Ryuichi Sakamoto chronology

Discord
(1997)

BTTB
(1999)

Comica
(2002)

Singles from BTTB

"Ura BTTB (ウラBTTB)"
Released: May 26, 1999

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork	8.0/10^[2]

BTTB is a 1999 piano solo and duet album by Ryuichi Sakamoto. The album title is an acronym for "Back To The Basics". Two separate versions of the album were pressed, for Japanese and international markets. The International version opens with the three songs off of the Ura BTTB (ウラBTTB) maxi single released in Japan as a promotional tool, while replacing a few pieces elsewhere in the album. The maxi single peaked at no. 1 in the Japanese singles chart and was the fourth best selling single of 1999 in Japan.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Japanese version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opus"	4:27
2.	"Sonatine"	3:38
3.	"Intermezzo"	3:44
4.	"Lorenz and Watson"	3:57
5.	"Choral No. 1"	2:27
6.	"Choral No. 2"	2:05
7.	"Do Bacteria Sleep?"	4:18
8.	"Bachata"	8:14
9.	"Chanson"	2:23
10.	"Distant Echo"	5:53
11.	"Prelude"	4:08
12.	"Sonata"	3:31
13.	"Uetax"	0:26
14.	"Aqua"	4:29
15.	"Snake Eyes"	6:07
16.	"Tong Poo"	5:03

International version
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Energy Flow"	4:36
2.	"Put Your Hands Up"	4:51
3.	"Railroad Man"	4:42
4.	"Opus"	4:27
5.	"Sonatine"	3:38
6.	"Intermezzo"	3:44
7.	"Lorenz and Watson"	3:57
8.	"Choral No. 1"	2:27
9.	"Choral No. 2"	2:05
10.	"Bachata"	8:14
11.	"Chanson"	2:23
12.	"Prelude"	4:08
13.	"Uetax"	0:26
14.	"Aqua"	4:29
15.	"Tong Poo"	5:03
16.	"Reversing"	3:58